It’s hard to figure out quite what to make of this rumor given the wide-spread agreement that the iPhone 5 will be released between mid-to-late September and early October and represent a significant upgrade over the iPhone 4, but Macotakara is now reporting that Apple will be releasing the iPhone 4S early next month.
As a kicker? They also say the iPad 3 is coming next month… despite the fact that a report from earlier today made it clear that the A6 CPU won’t be ready until the second quarter of 2012. What gives?
Macotakara’s report really doesn’t make much sense. First, they suggest the iPhone 4S will be based on the CDMA iPhone 4, but have upgraded components. It’s unclear if Macotakara thinks this handset will be released alongside the iPhone 5, but I suppose it’s possible. I just don’t see what the point is of having both.
What doesn’t make much sense to me is the iPad 3 rumor. The iPad 3 coming in October was always a long shot, but right now, Apple doesn’t have either a more advanced chip or a Retina Display to put in a new iPad. I just don’t think there’s much chance that a new, more advanced iPad will come out in October.
[via MacRumors]
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
